Stories Short Story Heroes and Monsters Collection Once Upon a Time 1 image Overview Characters How to Read Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, August 7, 2008 Written by Justin Richards Pages 11 Synopsis Once Upon a Time was a story printed in Doctor Who The Official Annual 2009. The Tenth Doctor and Donna discover a book that changes every time someone reads it. Intrigued, they track down the author and find him in the process of writing the very story that led them to him. But the author cannot stop writing. Read Read Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Tenth Doctor Donna Noble How to read Once Upon a Time: Books Heroes and Monsters Collection Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 16 October 2024 · 141 words Review by JayPea Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! There's something that I really like about stories about stories, and this does just scratch that itch for me. Sure the idea of a 'medium monster' has been done before, but as with a lot of these shorts there's a certain charm to the way it's done here. The inciting incident is a great way to bring us in, especially being about the medium it's a part of, and the fact Donna briefly gets sucked into the monster's power as well gives us a chance to see what impact the creature can have on others from a first person view (if the descriptions of rotten fruits weren't enough). And again, the ending, beating the creature with a happily ever after, and 10 reminiscing on how that used to be how things end is really nice and does bring you into the emotion. Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating13 members 3.04 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating3 votes 2.35 / 5 Member Statistics Read 16 Favourited 0 Reviewed 1 Saved 0 Skipped 0 Owned 0 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote